Trapped modes due to narrow cracks in thin simply-supported elastic plates

We consider an elastic plate of infinite length and constant width supported simply along its two parallel edges and having a finite length crack along its centreline. In particular, we look for and find trapped modes (localised oscillations) in the presence of the crack. An explicit wide-spacing approximation based on the Wiener–Hopf technique applied to incident wave scattering by semi-infinite cracks is complemented by an exact formulation of the problem in the form of integro-differential equations. An application of a Galerkin method for the numerical calculation of results from the latter method leads to a novel explicit ‘small-spacing’ approximation. In combination with the wide-spacing results this is shown to provide accurate results for all lengths of crack.     

Fracture mechanics analysis of a composite piezoelectric strip with an internal semi-infinite electrode

IA piezoelectric strip with semi-infinite electrode is investigated. Two combinations of mechanical–electrical loadings are considered. They consist of the anti-plane deformation with in-plane electrical field and the in-plane electroelastic field. Based on the Fourier transform and the Wiener–Hopf technique, the electroelastic local stress fields are found to exhibit the square root singularity near the electrode tip. The energy density factor criterion is applied to examine the fracture behavior near the electrode tip.     

Rewetting of an infinite tube with a uniform heating

 The two-dimensional quasi-steady conduction equation governing conduction controlled rewetting of an infinite tube, with outer surface flooded and the inside surface subjected to a constant heat flux, has been solved by Wiener–Hopf technique. The solution yields the quench front temperature as a function of various model parameters such as Peclet number, Biot number and dimensionless heat flux. Also, the dryout heat flux is obtained by setting the Peclet number equal to zero, which gives the maximum sustainable heat flux to prevent the dryout of the coolant. Received on 6 September 2000 / Published online: 29 November 2001     

Analysis of the Plastic Zone at a Corner Point by the Trident Model

The Wiener–Hopf method is used to analyze the plastic zone at a corner point by the model with three plastic lines of discontinuity.     

High frequency scattering due to a pair of time-harmonic antiplane forces on the faces of a finite interface crack between dissimilar anisotropic materials

The high-frequency elastodynamic problem involving the excitation of an interface crack of finite width lying between two dissimilar anisotropic elastic half-planes has been analyzed. The crack surface is excited by a pair of time-harmonic antiplane line sources situated at the middle of the cracked surface. The problem has first been reduced to one with the interface crack lying between two dissimilar isotropic elastic half-planes by a transformation of relevant co-ordinates and parameters. The problem has then been formulated as an extended Wiener–Hopf equation (cf. Noble, 1958) and the asymptotic solution for high-frequency has been derived. The expression for the stress intensity factor at the crack tips has been derived and the numerical results for different pairs of materials have been presented graphically.     

Wiener–Hopf solution of rewetting of an infinite cylinder with internal heat generation

The two-dimensional quasi-steady conduction equation governing conduction controlled rewetting of an infinite cylinder with heat generation has been solved by Wiener–Hopf technique. The analytical solution yields the quench front temperature as a function of various model parameters such as Peclet number, Biot number and dimensionless heat generation rate. Also, the dry out heat generation rate is obtained by setting the Peclet number equal to zero, which gives the maximum permissible heat generation so as to prevent the dry out of the coolant.     

Initial Development of the Prefracture Zone Near the Tip of a Crack Reaching the Interface Between Dissimilar Media

The Wiener–Hopf method is used to analyze, within the framework of a plane static problem, the prefracture zone near the tip of a mode I crack reaching the interface separating two isotropic media and containing a corner point     

Hydroelastic behavior of a floating plate in waves

The behavior of a floating semiinfinite plate in surface waves incident normally to the edge of the plate is studied. We used an analytical solution of this problem obtained earlier by the Wiener–Hopf technique. In this paper, we study the distributions of displacements, deformations, and pressure over the plate as functions of the dimensionless parameters of the problem (reduced rigidity and depth) and their asymptotic distributions for large and small wavelengths.     

On stability of the equilibrium of a cottrell crack

The Wiener–Hopf method is used to find the exact solution to the static symmetric plane problem of elasticity for a homogeneous isotropic plate with a finite-length crack emerging from the point of intersection of two semi-infinite straight slip (dislocation) lines. An expression for the crack-tip stress intensity factor is derived. Crack initiation is described by the Cottrell mechanism. The equilibrium of the crack is analyzed for stability     

Scattering of Surface Waves by the Edge of a Floating Elastic Plate

The diffraction of plane surface waves by a semiinfinite floating plate in a fluid of finite depth is studied. An explicit analytical solution of the problem is obtained using the Wiener–Hopf technique. Simple exact formulas for reflection and transmission coefficients and their asymptotic expressions are derived. Results of numerical calculations using the obtained formulas are presented.     

Symmetric and skew-symmetric weight functions in 2D perturbation models for semi-infinite interfacial cracks

In this paper we address the vector problem of a 2D half-plane interfacial crack loaded by a general asymmetric distribution of forces acting on its faces. It is shown that the general integral formula for the evaluation of stress intensity factors, as well as high-order terms, requires both symmetric and skew-symmetric weight function matrices. The symmetric weight function matrix is obtained via the solution of a Wiener–Hopf functional equation, whereas the derivation of the skew-symmetric weight function matrix requires the construction of the corresponding full field singular solution.The weight function matrices are then used in the perturbation analysis of a crack advancing quasi-statically along the interface between two dissimilar media. A general and rigorous asymptotic procedure is developed to compute the perturbations of stress intensity factors as well as high-order terms.     

Analysis of Plastic Slip Lines at the Tip of a Crack Terminating at the Interface of Different Media

The slip lines at the tip of a mode I crack are analyzed by using the Wiener–Hopf technique within the scope of a plane (plane-strain) static problem of elastic theory. The crack terminates at the interface with a corner point between two isotropic media. The slip lines are located at the interface. They simulate the plastic zone near the crack tip in a piecewise-homogeneous quasibrittle body in the case where the contacting materials are much stiffer than the more plastic bonding material.     

Initial kinking of an interface crack between two elastic media under tension and shear

The initial kinking of a thin fracture process zone near the tip of an interface crack between two elastic media under plane strain is studied using the Wiener–Hopf method. The zone is modeled by the discontinuity plane of the normal displacement. This plane is assumed to emerge from the crack tip at an angle to the interface. The angle between the fracture process zone and the interface is determined from the condition that the potential energy is maximum in the zone. The dependence of the length of the zone and its angle on the external load and other parameters is analyzed in the cases of biaxial tension and pure shear. The results obtained are compared with theoretical and experimental data reported by other researchers     

Analysis of the plastic zone at the corner point of interface

A symmetric problem of elasticity is formulated to analyze the plastic zone at the corner point of the interface between two isotropic media. The piecewise-homogeneous isotropic body with an interface in the form of angle sides consists of different elastic parts joined by a thin elastoplastic layer. The plastic zone is modeled by discontinuity lines of tangential displacement, which are located at the interface. The exact solution of the problem is found using the Wiener–Hopf method and is then used to determine the length of the plastic zone. The stress at the corner point is analyzed Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 59–69, February 2009.     

Analytical solution for a Mode III crack in a 3D beam lattice

The brittle fracture behavior of an open cell foam is considered. The foam is modeled by an infinite lattice composed of elastic straight-line beam elements (struts) having uniform cross-sections and rigidly connected at the nodal points. The beams are parallel to the three mutually orthogonal lattice vectors thus forming a microstructure with rectangular parallelepiped cells.A semi-infinite Mode III crack is embedded in the lattice and, for the considered antiplane deformation, each node has three degrees of freedom, namely, the displacement parallel to the crack front and two rotations about the axes perpendicular to this direction. The analysis method hinges on the discrete Fourier transform, which allows to formulate the crack problem by means of the Wiener–Hopf equation. Its solution yields closed-form analytical expressions for the forces and the displacements at any cross-section, and, in particular, at the crack plane. An eigensolution for the traction-free crack faces and K-field remote loading is derived from the solution for the loaded crack using a limiting procedure. An analytical expression for the fracture toughness is derived from the eigensolution by comparing the remote stress field and the stresses in the near-tip struts. The obtained expression is found to be consistent with the known analytical and experimental results for Mode I deformation. It appears, that the dependence of the fracture toughness upon shape anisotropy ratio of the lattice material is non-monotonic. The optimal value of this parameter, which provides the maximum crack arresting ability is determined.     

Amplitude equations for a system with thermohaline convection

The multiple scale expansion method is used to derive amplitude equations for a system with thermohaline convection in the neighborhood of Hopf and Taylor bifurcation points and at the double zero point of the dispersion relation. A complex Ginzburg-Landau equation, a Newell-Whitehead-type equation, and an equation of the ϕ⁴ type, respectively, were obtained. Analytic expressions for the coefficients of these equations and their various asymptotic forms are presented. In the case of Hopf bifurcation for low and high frequencies, the amplitude equation reduces to a perturbed nonlinear Shroedinger equation. In the high-frequency limit, structures of the type of “dark” solitons are characteristic of the examined physical system. Pacific Ocean Institute, Vladivostok 690041. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 56–66, May–June, 2000.     

格子Boltzmann模型的改进与流体力学方程

流体的流动可以看成是分子以上水平的粒子基本运动组合而成,任何一个粒子系统的Hamiltonian都是由动能和势能这两部分所组成.借助于Hamiltonian建立了微观粒子和宏观流体之间的能量守恒准则,发展了一个适合于热流场数值模拟的格子Boltzmann模型.从该模型可以还原出宏观的流体力学方程,所得动量方程的黏性输运项除了具有Navier-Stokes黏性力的特征外还与非定常的、非线性的动量通量和非定常的内能相关.用该模型对Benard热对流进行了数值模拟,很好地再现了Benard cell,并且克服了热格子Boltzmann模型数值稳定性差的不足.     

Bifurcation analysis of a tri-neuron neural network model in the frequency domain

In this paper, a class of neural network models with three neurons is considered. By applying the frequency domain approach and analyzing the associated characteristic equation, the existence of the bifurcation parameter point is determined. If the coefficient μ is chosen as a bifurcation parameter, it is found that Hopf bifurcation occurs when the parameter μ passes through a critical value. The direction and the stability of Hopf bifurcation periodic solutions are determined by the Nyquist criterion and the graphical Hopf bifurcation theorem. Some numerical simulations for justifying the theoretical analysis are also provided.     

One-to-three resonant Hopf bifurcations of a maglev system

This paper studies the dynamics of a maglev system around 1:3 resonant Hopf–Hopf bifurcations. When two pairs of purely imaginary roots exist for the corresponding characteristic equation, the maglev system has an interaction of Hopf–Hopf bifurcations at the intersection of two bifurcation curves in the feedback control parameter and time delay space. The method of multiple time scales is employed to drive the bifurcation equations for the maglev system by expressing complex amplitudes in a combined polar-Cartesian representation. The dynamics behavior in the vicinity of 1:3 resonant Hopf–Hopf bifurcations is studied in terms of the controller’s parameters (time delay and two feedback control gains). Finally, numerical simulations are presented to support the analytical results and demonstrate some interesting phenomena for the maglev system.     

The force on a lattice defect in an elastic body

It is shown that the force on a lattice defect in an elastic body is, like the force on a disclination in a nematic liquid crystal, a real force which, for equilibrium, must be balanced by an external force applied to the closed surface enclosing the defect.